Crocus flavus
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| Internal ID | UUID6440284327f4b719022169 |
| Scientific name | Crocus flavus |
| Authority | Weston |
| First published in | Bot. Univ. 2: 237 (1771) |
Description Top
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Crocus flavus, also known as yellow crocus, Dutch yellow crocus, or snow crocus, is a species of flowering plant in the iris family. It is native to Greece, former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, and northwestern Turkey, and has bright orange-yellow fragrant flowers. This small crocus grows wild on slopes and is often used as an ornamental plant. Its Latin name, flavus, means "yellow." The plant has a globe-shaped corm and a chromosome count of 2N=8 with 11 B-chromosomes. There are several subspecies, including Crocus flavus subsp. dissectus, Crocus flavus subsp. flavus, and Crocus flavus subsp. sarichinarensis. The latter has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Crocus flavus is easy to grow in gardens and has naturalized in some areas, such as Arkansas in the United States. Most garden plants are triploids and do not produce seeds, so they are propagated vegetatively. The species has been hybridized with other crocus species to create various cultivars, such as Crocus flavus 'Grosser Gelber' with large orange-yellow
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Crocus lacteus var. penicillatus | Sabine | Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 449. 1830 |
| Crocus luteus | Lam. | Tabl. Encycl. 1: 106 (1791) |
| Crocus stellaris | Haw. | Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 136 (1812) |
| Crocus moesiacus var. sulphureus | (Ker Gawl.) Nyman | Consp. Fl. Eur. 705. 1882 |
| Crocus lageniflorus var. lacteus | (Sabine) Herb. | Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3869. 1841 |
| Crocus sulphureus var. striatus | Sabine | Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 439. 1830 |
| Crocus sulphureus var. striatellus | Sabine | Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 440. 1830 |
| Crocus sulphureus var. isabellinus | Sabine | Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 440. 1830 |
| Crocus sulphureus var. concolor | Sabine | Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 441. 1830 |
| Crocus lacteus var. concolor | Sabine | Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 448. 1830 |
| Crocus lageniflorus var. sulphureus | (Ker Gawl.) Herb. | Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3869. 1841 |
| Crocus lageniflorus var. stellaris | (Haw.) Herb. | Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3869. 1841 |
| Crocus lageniflorus var. luteus | (Lam.) Herb. | Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3869. 1841 |
| Crocus lageniflorus var. haemicus | Herb. | Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 82. 1843 |
| Crocus lageniflorus var. landerianus | Herb. | Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 82. 1843 |
| Crocus lageniflorus var. striatus | (Herb.) Herb. | J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 282 1847 |
| Crocus moesiacus f. multiflorus | Morariu | Bul. Grad. Bot. Univ. Cluj 23: 60 1943 |
| Crocus moesiacus f. striatus | Morariu | Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Roman. 11: 851 1966 |
| Crocus moesiacus f. brunnescens | Morariu | Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Roman. 11: 851 1966 |
| Crocus moesiacus f. violascens | Morariu | Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Roman. 11: 851 1966 |
| Crocus aureus | Sibth. & Sm. |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | yellow crocus |
| Arabic | زعفران أصفر |
| Bulgarian | жълт минзухар |
| Czech | šafrán žlutý |
| German | gold-krokus |
| Icelandic | gullkrókus |
| Lithuanian | geltonasis krokas |
| Polish | krokus żółty |
| Polish | szafran żółty |
| Polish | szafran żółtokwiatowy |
| Russian | Шафран жёлтый |
| Swedish | gullkrokus |
| Turkish | yer çiğdemi |
| Chinese | 番黄花 |
Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Name | Authority | First published in |
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| Crocus flavus subsp. atticus | Kit Tan, Zograf. & Mermygkas | Phytol. Balcan. 20: 123 (2014) |
| Crocus flavus subsp. flavus | Unknown |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000788638 |
| USDA Plants | CRFL7 |
| Tropicos | 16600014 |
| INPN | 93223 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77147384-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-327250 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 682360 |
| Observations.org | 125447 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 481057 |
| NBN Atlas | NBNSYS0000002276 |
| Nature Serve | 2.154291 |
| IPNI | 436530-1 |
| iNaturalist | 56878 |
| GBIF | 2747737 |
| Freebase | /m/05szhp7 |
| EPPO | CVOFL |
| EOL | 491574 |
| Wikipedia | Crocus_flavus |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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| From Biodiversity to Musketry: Detection of Plant Diversity in Pre-Industrial Peloponnese during the Flora Graeca Expedition | Chimona C, Papadopoulou S, Kolyva F, Mina M, Rhizopoulou S | Life (Basel) | 23-Nov-2022 |
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| First Survey of the Vascular and Cryptogam Flora on Bulgaria’s Ancient Mounds | Apostolova I, Sopotlieva D, Valcheva M, Ganeva A, Shivarov V, Velev N, Vassilev K, Terziyska T, Nekhrizov G | Plants (Basel) | 06-Mar-2022 |
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| Effects of temperature and photoperiod on the seasonal timing of Western honey bee colonies and an early spring flowering plant | Villagomez GN, Nürnberger F, Requier F, Schiele S, Steffan‐Dewenter I | Ecol Evol | 07-May-2021 |
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